HIV / AIDS

About The Treatment

I think, most of the people have heard about the term HIV. What is HIV? Well, HIV stands for human immuno deficiency virus. HIV is an infection which can be cured if person get diagnosed on time. But if there is carelessness, then it may lead to AIDS. Treatment can be helpful but the condition can’t be cured properly. A HIV positive person can survive but if matter worsens and the person is get caught by AIDS, then there are negligible chances of survival. This virus attacks the white blood cells of the human body which are known as the immune cells. Hence, it attacks on the immune cells, so, the person is get caught by several other infections and pains in the body.

HIV shows no symptoms in the initial stage. However, later on, a person can experience pain in the abdomen which can occur while swallowing. A person may have coughing and that to may be dry coughing. Other symptoms are fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, night sweats, nausea, persistent diarrhea, vomiting, mouth ulcers and white tongue, throat soreness and difficulty in swelling. Some people confuse the symptoms with those of the flu. Yet if you are feeling some of these changes in your body, then you should immediately visit your doctor.

It is mostly caused by unprotected sex with the person suffering from HIV. It is also caused by sharing drug needles with some HIV positive person. And one of the most common way is from a mother to her baby during pregnancy, birth or breast feeding. It is medically treated by combination of medicines called antiretroviral therapy or art.